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Nintendo uses sex symbol to push UK Wii Fit launch

shuandrew | April 20, 2008 | News | Wii 
With Wii Fit arriving in Europe next week, Nintendo is banking on the help of a number of celebrities to help shift as many copies of possible when it markets the title at an official launch on London's South Bank - including model, sex symbol and fitness freak, Nell McAndrew.
Wii Fit launches in Europe on April 25, and if you're in the UK and keen to try it out before it hits the shops, then get yourself down to London's South Bank on Wednesday, April 23, where Nintendo is holding its official launch - celebrities included.
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    tidus04 | April 20, 2008
    The Uk have been watching the Japanese a bit to much, shame they just didn't have someone who was "attractive" advertising the game 3:
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      Linkin Park Fan | April 20, 2008
      Shes not bad looking. She's cute. I can't help but notice her eyes are to far apart >_
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        slumpy monkey | April 20, 2008
        its all below the face my friends.
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          tidus04 | April 21, 2008
          Shes not incredible for me :3 They could have done a lot better then her.

          No it isnt .
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    Zeon I | April 20, 2008
    Even that looks a little lopped, my friend. Please Nintendo, advertise Wii Fit with some Sexual Chocolate in the US.
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    Galacticdramon | April 20, 2008
    Oh, that's what they mean by "big". Maybe that's why they're delaying Brawl - so they have time to train several scantily-clad female warriors to promote the launch? Nah, didn't think so.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | April 20, 2008
    lol tig ol bitties
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      Final Blade | April 21, 2008
      Yeah, but they look rather fake and ugly imo.
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    FFXFREAK | April 20, 2008
    I thought that Sony in Japan were the only people to exploit models to sell their games .

    ~FFXFREAK
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      xsynergyx | April 20, 2008
      Too true. Nintendo is stealing from Sony's PSP!
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        jmac353 | April 21, 2008
        Uh no. There'd have to be a white woman and a black man involved in order to achieve the same kind of exploitation.
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    cullet16 | April 21, 2008
    Payback for sony stealing the original playstation from nintendo.
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    Twisted | April 21, 2008
    She looks to old to be a sex symbol.
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    theundertakergonzo | April 21, 2008
    Well if she was attractive then the sales would sky rocket but seeing as she isn't the best looking then there going to fail. But on a serious matter, way to copy Sony though.
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      Xenctuary | April 21, 2008
      Using sex to sell a product is copying Sony?
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    StarJet | April 21, 2008
    Am I the only one who thinks she isn't even near hot?
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    Xenctuary | April 21, 2008
    Nell McAndrew used to be a Lara Croft model. She was fired in 1999 after posing nude in Playboy.
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      Final Blade | April 23, 2008
      Not fair imo. Whats wrong with playboy?
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    Remino52 | April 21, 2008
    Wow that is stupid...That is possible the dummest gimmick I've seen.
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      Linkin Park Fan | April 21, 2008
      Really, This is probably one of the most used gimmicks ever to sell a product, and it works. Would you buy something if ugly people used it?
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    Xegaldis | April 22, 2008
    She does look awful in that picture, i must admit..
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    shadow993 | April 23, 2008
    Fully agreed with Linkin Park Fan

    It saddens me

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